Gladys Chigamba is highly accomplished fisheries and aquatic ecosystem management scientist. She has made transformational impact in strengthening watershed management. She recently graduated with a PhD in Fisheries and aquaculture science (2022) with specifics in fisheries economics and watershed management from Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR). She has undertaken several research in one of Africa’s great lakes, Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa and its tributaries. Knowing that fisheries resources and their ecosystems are affected by other factors, she has attended various trainings to improve my skills in understanding the linkages. She has attended the following trainings: Integrated Water Resources Management as a response to climate change effects, Advanced leadership training for African food systems, Climate Governance, Diplomacy

and Negotiations, Monitoring and evaluation, curriculum reviews among others. Currently she works as Fisheries Research Officer for the Government of Malawi (Department of Fisheries) under the Ministry of Resources and Climate Change. She has a central role of carrying out frame surveys, investigate fish healthy/mortalities and study water quality in aquatic ecosystems. For over 5 years, Gladys has been working with Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (LUANAR) as an adjunct lecturer in integrated water management, fisheries and aquaculture economics. Through these engagements, Gladys is well positioned and skilled to mentor other aquatic scientists in sustainable utilisation of fisheries resources. Gladys is a passionate fisheries researcher with strong desire to learn and share expertise in freshwater management within the great lakes region and beyond. Her participation and her membership in African Women in Science is expected to offer ground-based mentorship, advice and recommendations essential for the growth of climate change and fisheries experts and community for the protection/restoration of the aquatic ecosystems.